Belt.



UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFTGE.

BELT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application fileo June 8, 1906. Serial No. 320,881.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IRWIN G. LONGE- NEGKER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Elizabethtown, in the county of Lancaster and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Belt, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to belts, and has for its object to provideimproved means for retaining the belt in position on the trouserswithout the employment of the usual beltstraps.

A further object of the invention is to provide a belt having aplurality of loops slidably mounted thereon and provided. with flexibleextensions adapted to engage the buttons or other fastening devices onthe trousers.

A further object is to provide a belt the loops of which may be foldeddownwardly over the free edge of the waistband of the trousers to assistin supporting the undergarments.

A still further object of the invention is to generally improve thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility, durability, andefficiency, as well as to reduce the cost of manufacture.

. With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it beingunderstood that various changes in form, proportions, and minor detailsof construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is'a perspective view of a belt constructed in accordance withmy invention, showing the same in position on the trousers. Fig. 2 is arear elevation. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the beltinverted and the flexible extensions attached to the buttons on theinner face of the waistband.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of thefigures of the drawings.

The device consists of a strap or belt 5, formed of leather, canvas, orother suitable material and having one end thereof formed with a buckle6 and its opposite end provided with a plurality of perforations 7 andadapted to receive the tongue of the buckle in the ordinary manner.

Slidably mounted on the belt are a plurality of loops or straps 8,preferably six in number, as shown, and each provided with a flexibleextension 9, having a slot or opening 10 formed therein for engagementwith the buttons on the trousers, thereby to support the belt inposition on said trousers without the employment of the usualbelt-straps.

The loops or straps 8 are reinforced and strengthened by substantiallyU-shaped metallic strips 11, interposed between the walls of the loopsand retained in position in any suitable manner, as by a double row ofstitching 12, there being a similar row of stitching 13 at the junctureof the loops and extensions, as shown, to prevent accidentaldisplacement of the reinforcing-strips 11 and also to assist inretaining the loops in position on the belt. e

In using the device the belt is passed around the waist in the usualmanner and fastened with the buckle, after which the flexiblebutton-loops are fastened on the buttons 14, thus retaining the belt inposition on the trousers and effectually preventing accidental-displacement of the same. When the belt is used for supportingundergarments, the former is inverted and the flexible button-loops orextensions folded downwardly over the top of the waistband of thetrousers into engagement with the buttons or similar fastening deviceson the inner face of the waistband, the upper edge of the undergarmentbeing previously threaded over the button, as best shown in Fig. 3 ofthedrawings. When the device is used in this manner, it will be seenthat the loops 9 not only serve to hold the belt in position on thetrousers, but also assist in looking the undergarment on the fasteningdevices. If desired, however, the belt may be placed in position on theoutside of the trousers with the flexible button-engaging loopsextending vertically from the upper edge of the belt for engagement withthe buttons on the trousers instead of having the llpops depending fromthe belt, as shown in TIaving thus described the invention, what isclaimed is 1. A belt adapted to engage the exterior walls of thetrousers and having a plurality of loops slidably mounted thereon andretained in position by a transverse row of stitching, one end of eachloop being projected beyond the stitching to form a flexible extensionadapted to engage the buttons of said trousers, said loops beingreinforced by U-shaped metallic strips.

2 A belt adapted to engage the exterior walls of the trousers and havinga plurality of rigid loops slidably mounted thereon and each providedwith a flexible extension adapted to be folded over the free edge of thewaistband of the trousers for engagement with the adjacentsuspender-buttons.

3. The combination with an outer garment having fastening devicessecured to the inner walls thereof, an undergarment supported by saidfastening devices, and a belt engaging the exterior Walls of the outergarment and having a plurality of loops slidably mounted thereon andprovided with flexible extensions adapted to be folded downwardly overthe adjacent edge of said outer garment and in contact with theundergarment for engagement with said fastening devices.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

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